Main research areas

Dr. Irene Hirschberg

 

  • Clinical ethics
  • Ethical issues at the beginning and end of life
  • Patient participation and information
  • Biobank research and ethics
  • Public health ethics

 

Ongoing projects

  • 04/2018 - 12/2021: "PALS-HD: Wishes and needs of people with ALS for advice on life-sustaining and life-shortening options", Funding: BMBF

 

Completed projects

  • 2015-2016: Collaboration in the discourse project "Ethics University for Regenerative Medicine" (EUREM), funding: BMBF
  • 2012-2013: Collaboration in the discourse project "Ethics Literacy in Adolescents and Young Adults" (ELYA), concept development / evaluation for an ethics university on the topic of "regenerative medicine", funding: BMBF
  • 2012-2014: Projects on biobank research and ethics
  • 2010-2012: Coordination of a retreat week, "Public Health Ethics. Scientific methods, foundational concepts, and case analyses", funding: BMBF
  • 2009: Master's thesis in public health on "Evidence-based health information from the user's perspective"
  • 2009: Organization of an interdisciplinary conference on the opportunities and risks of the electronic health card, in cooperation with the Institute for Legal Informatics, Leibniz University
  • 2007-2008: Collaboration in the project "Gen-Dialog. Ethical questions of genetic counseling"